Leah Stein Dance Company

Photo: Mira Treatman

Living Statuary

Miryam Coppersmith

Leah Stein Dance Company captures the beauty and ambiguity of staged realism in Close to Home.

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Sites of Potential

Thomas Choinacky

Leah Stein has created a space for potential— allowing audience members to fashion their own associations with this movement

Photo: Mira Treatman

Sunset Dances

Maddie Hopfield

I see their movement living in places far from here.

Photo: Darryl Moran

The Art of the Subtle Reveal

Kat J. Sullivan

The simplicity of their movement has a beautifully muffled quality; hushed and gentle, like snow.

Photo: Michael Bartmann

Through the Café Glass: Leah Stein’s Portal

Lynn Matluck Brooks

Stein’s dancers were joined by eight community performers of various ages and backgrounds, a fine choice for Frieda's Café.

Photo: Michael Bartmann

Spirits in an Industrial Space

Jonathan Stein

The weightedness of bodies in 'Hoist,' either in motion or at rest, was the strongest metaphorical connection to an industrial past of physical labor and heavy machinery.

Photo: Lois Greenfield

Contemplative and Connected: Leah Stein’s Singular Aesthetic

Jim Rutter

Philadelphia Dance Projects organized a retrospective of Leah Stein’s work, celebrating her eponymous troupe’s tenth anniversary.

Leah Stein Dance Company: Portraits

Anna Drozdowski
Photo: Lois Greenfield

Leah Stein—Thoughts From The Field

Anna Drozdowski

In this instance I’ve decided to play the role of miner; trusting that the many angles offered up will unearth aspects of this multifaceted gem.